After standing for a long time, I felt that there was no sound around me, and even the snowflakes were no longer coming. Zhu Qiming removed the blindfolded cloth by himself, and the dazzling sunlight made him quickly close his eyes, put his hands on the pergola, and slightly opened his eyes to adapt to the dazzling light, and found that there was a blue sky overhead, and there were cliffs all around.

Nature's wonders are breathtaking, and such a square inch surrounded by cliffs is tantamount to a natural prison!

He seemed to have forgotten how he had been brought into this place, and remembered that he was on full alert, and only wanted to fight him at any time, if the thieves guarding him showed the slightest hint of bad intentions.

However, time has been passing slowly in the light breeze of the clouds, and the short sword has always been lying quietly in the scabbard, never half murderous.

The overlapping cliffs, the gusts of wind, and the patches of snow flying into the wind at the overlap, all told him that there should be an exit!

Walking briskly, there was indeed a narrow passage about three feet wide.

Running out of the aisle, there is no obstacle in front of him, at a glance, in front of him is an endless reckless snowfield, thick snow cover the whole earth, undulating, like a solidified giant wave, in the reflection of the sun, revealing the charm of the wild.

The long-lost sunshine and incomparably wide vision made him intoxicated, and the depression that had accumulated for many days was instantly released, and he wanted to shout a few times, when he suddenly heard a fighting sound floating over from afar, and stared at it, at the foot of the mountain about half a mile away, two groups of men and horses were there to fight, looking at the costumes, one side was obviously the Ming army, and the other side was naturally a Tartar thief.

The Tartar thief seemed to have no intention of fighting, and after a moment of confrontation, he ran towards the mountain road.

Along the gentle slope covered with snow and a long series of footprints, Zhu Qiming ran down in one go.

The sound of hooves on the right side came suddenly, and Zhu Qiming was about to draw his sword vigilantly, but he saw that Wang Lie took the lead and led more than 100 Yuefu guards to a place less than ten zhang away from him.

"Your Highness!"

Everyone turned over and dismounted, and galloped over lifelessly, surrounding Zhu Qiming and cheering.

"His Royal Highness King Yue is here!"

A call alarmed the Ming army at the foot of the mountain, and I saw that the Ming army had abandoned the Tartar thieves and galloped towards this side.

When he got closer, Shi Fengfei dismounted, only to see him walking as fast as flying, laughing so much that tears almost fell, "Your Highness, I finally found you!" ”

Shi Feng really escaped back to the camp! When Zhu Qiming saw Shi Feng, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

Wang Lie excitedly stopped Shi Feng, "Your Highness was able to get out of danger, firstly, because His Highness was heroic, and secondly, he also made small contributions in Xia, if he hadn't found the traces of the Tartar thieves in Xia, we wouldn't have been able to meet His Highness here so soon, right!" ”

Shi Feng walked around Wang Lie's side and smiled at Zhu Qiming, "Your Highness, don't listen to Wang Lie's bragging, although he has sharp eyes, he is not moving fast, and he is the first to chase here, and I saw dozens of Tartar thieves standing on the gentle slope behind His Highness, as if they were on guard, and I guessed that His Highness must be nearby, and immediately led the crowd to force back the Tartar thieves, and chased them all the way down the hillside." So if you talk about merit, the credit under it is much more than Wang Lie! ”

Wang Lie looked unconvinced, "The brain is a good thing, but it's a pity that Shi Feng has no brains, just like a headless fly, blindly searching around, how can there be any gain?" It's still a good brain, and I said that I can find His Highness by following the trail of the Tartar thief, and sure enough, I finally met His Highness here! ”

"Even so, it is His Royal Highness's own heavenly appearance, how can you Wang Lie invite credit?" Shi Feng obviously lost the upper hand in the battle of words, and immediately changed the topic: "Your Highness, why didn't you see you just now?" ”

Zhu Qiming was also excited, and he lost his previous neatness, but he turned around and pointed to the cliff, but he didn't say anything.

Wang Lie turned around and led a black horse to Zhu Qiming, "Your Highness, this place is not suitable for a long time, it is best for us to rush back to the camp before dark." Oh, and one of the guards has caught an ownerless horse, which must have been dropped by the Tartars in a panic, so let it be your mount for the time being. ”

Zhu Qiming nodded with a smile, took the reins of the horse, turned over on the horse, looked back at the cliff behind him, and felt that from the fall from the cliff that day to today's escape, everything was like a dream.

Shi Feng, Wang Lie and more than 200 guards got on their horses and gathered around Zhu Qiming to escort him on his return journey.

Zhu Qiming rode his horse slowly, with some doubts in his heart, and looked at Wang Lie beside him, "How did you find the trace of the Tartar thief?" ”

"This matter has to start with the day His Highness fell off the cliff." Shi Feng replied first: "On that day, I didn't dare to live up to His Highness's entrustment, and I didn't love war, so I gathered several surviving guards to hide in the mountains, crossed the mountains and mountains to bypass the canyon blocked by boulders, and after returning to the canyon, I met Wang Lie with a sad face, although everyone remembered His Highness's whereabouts, they were heartbroken······

"Heartbroken? You can't speak! Wang Lie interrupted Shi Feng's words, "Don't listen to his nonsense!" Your Highness has experienced so many catastrophes and catastrophes, just like ordinary immortals, how can a thief hurt His Highness in the slightest! On that day, we returned to the camp, conveyed His Highness's military order, sent a sentry to investigate, and sure enough, we found a large number of Tartar thieves nearby, and the Tartars must have numbered in the thousands! Commander Liang and Lord Tang did not dare to be careless, and quickly gathered 5,000 men and horses in one place and waited for the battle. About an hour later, it was discovered that the Tartars had begun to evacuate. ”

An hour later? In this way, the man in the cloak saw that the Ming army had no gaps to take advantage of that day, so he shifted his attention to finding the whereabouts of his prince? Thinking of this, Zhu Qiming's mind suddenly came up with the scene of meeting the man in the cloak that night.

Shi Feng grabbed the conversation: "Yes, fortunately, His Highness is like a god, otherwise, Lord Tang will definitely mobilize all the people to move the boulder blocking the road and go to the place of the incident to rescue His Highness, if that's the case, we will have to suffer a big loss!" Commander Liang and Lord Tang were also shocked into a cold sweat afterwards. ”

Wang Lie said: "The army must not move, so everyone was very anxious, and finally after discussion, it was decided that Liang would command one person to go to the edge of the cliff to find out. I didn't expect that with Liang's commanding skills, he couldn't get off the cliff. Later, I learned from a woodcutter that there was a long way around the cliff that led to the deep valley under the cliff, and the Liang commander wanted to lead three hundred guards to follow the distant road to find the whereabouts of His Highness, at this time the news of Yue Fu came from Beijing, saying that the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry asked His Highness to return to Beijing quickly to discuss the supply of weapons, grain and grass, and the Liang Commander was helpless, worried that the news of His Highness's whereabouts was unknown to Beijing, so he had to return to Beijing on behalf of His Highness to contact the matter, and before leaving, he ordered the two of us to find out His Highness's whereabouts. ”

"It's weird!" Shi Feng interrupted Wang Lie's words with an abrupt shout, "We left the camp and met more than thirty Tartar thieves in less than forty miles south, those Tartar thieves didn't seem to be hostile, and they left quickly as soon as they saw us, what is even more strange is that we thought that the Tartar thieves had already fled far away, but we met them again after walking less than ten miles, and in the blink of an eye they disappeared without a trace, so after several times, it finally aroused our suspicions." Your Highness, those Tartar thieves seem to be leading the way, Wang Lie is even embarrassed to claim that he came here with the intention of following the trail of the Tartars, and if anyone else, who would not be suspicious of the Tartars' whereabouts? That is, Wang Lie is thick-skinned, so he dares to speak out! ”

Wang Lie snorted rather dissatisfied, "You make it clear, who is thick-skinned?" Didn't you say you wanted to avoid the Tartars and make less entanglement? Cut! I have no brains, but I am still unconvinced. I don't want to think about it, there is a woman among the more than ten Tartar thieves, will this be common? ”

"Woman?" Zhu Qiming's face turned pale and blurted out.

"There is a woman, who seems to be the same age as His Royal Highness, born as beautiful as a flower, and her outfit is no different from my Ming woman, after seeing her a few times, I somehow remembered Her Highness, should she want to tell us the whereabouts of Her Highness?"

Saihan? Zhu Qiming remembered Saihan's parting message that morning, and couldn't help but glance at Wang Lie, "You think too much!" She's Sahan, the princess of Warat, and she's gathering her subordinates along the way, and she happens to be bumped into a few times by you. ”

"Princess Saihan?" Shi Feng exclaimed: "I've heard of her name in Xia, didn't I hear that His Royal Highness had been with her in the capital for a few days half a year ago?" In this way, she is the old friend of His Highness! ”

Old friend? Zhu Qiming pouted, "Don't hide it from you, this king fell into the hands of the Tartar thieves on the night he fell off the cliff, Saihan ate and drank well to entertain this king, but on the surface, he didn't get along with this king, but a Tartar girl, who has nothing to do, will be kind!" ”

Wang Lie looked back behind him with a puzzled expression, "I don't understand, since Your Highness has fallen into the hands of the Tartar thieves, who brought Your Highness to this convenient passage?" What is the purpose? ”

Who? Intention? Zhu Qiming turned his horse's head and looked at the place where he had been before.

He had only walked a distance, and because of the slow speed of his horse, he should not be a mile away from the cliff at the moment. Looking at the shadow of the sun and the line between the mountains and the plains, Zhu Qiming finally recognized the general direction of this place.

"The Tartar thief originally wanted to take this king captive to Warat, it is said that Saihan had spoken out to stop it, and this king couldn't figure out what was going on at the time, but now I think about it, hum, it turns out that she has a wishful thinking! You see, the mountain road where the Tartar thieves fled can go directly to Yanqing Prefecture, and Saihan must have ordered her subordinates to bring this king here, and after summoning her subordinates, she will take this king hostage and leave the country through Yanqing Prefecture, so that she can show merit in front of her extremely ambitious eldest brother! ”

Wang Lie turned his horse's head and looked at Zhu Qiming's gaze, still with a suspicious look on his face, "Your Highness, can you make another interpretation?" She ordered someone to bring His Highness here, and personally led the inferior people to find here, just to give His Highness a chance to escape. ”

Nonsense! Zhu Qiming wanted to reprimand Wang Lie sharply, endured it, and finally said lightly: "If you want this king to get out, can you be in such trouble?" ”

"Well, Your Highness may have misunderstood the kindness of others." Wang Lie shook his head, his eyes were firm, "Maybe she and her subordinates can't afford to bear the responsibility of letting His Highness privately, or maybe she wants to preserve His Highness's dignity, and even thought of how to make His Highness embark on the return journey very safely, so she carefully designed an accident." Yes, the Ming army and the Tartar thieves met unexpectedly, and His Highness was able to get out, but now it looks like a complete accident! ”

Nonsense! Zhu Qiming was about to be furious, when he caught a glimpse of a figure in the distance on the side of the mountain road, and the red steed and the rider's red clothes were impressive, as if revealing an answer that he didn't want to face at all.

"Your Highness, look, Princess Saihan!"

With Wang Lie's exclamation, one of Zhu Qiming's faces began to deform, and a feeling of deep discomfort passed through his heart!